Possibly derived from Sem. *glˁ ‘to uncover’ (in Hbr. pB., Arb., Tgr., etc., cf.
[CDG 189]) implying that what later acquired the meaning ‘prepuce’ or related
meanings in Syr. and Arb., and ‘clitoris’ in MSA (note that clitoral circumcision is a
well-attested practice in a few regions of Southern Arabia, cf. [GD 565] with literature) originally meant ‘the member subject to uncovering (= circumcision)’.